Baseball game



A; L. PEPPER.

BASEBALL GAMEv APPLICATION FILED APR. 1. I921.

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GRAND STAND GRANDSTANU MWAMQP ALVIN L, PEPPER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BASEBALL G.

Application filed April 1,

T o 62% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVIN L. PEPPER, citizen ofthe United States of America, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in proceeded with.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a plan view of 'Figure 2 isa plan view marker rings. 1

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 5 denotes a board or frame of any suitable sheet material such as card board or the like upon the face of which is the field 6. The field contains a diamond 7 and out field 8 within the confines ofa raised border or beading 9 provided with a rubber cushion 11 on its inner facefor a purpose which will be presently described.

Arranged upon and about the diamond 7 the invention: of one of the and outfield 8 are a number of small circles or circular spaces 9 containing printed matter descriptive of the various plays which take place in an actual game of base ball. Each one of these spaces representing the various plays is provided with a hook, preferably located at the upper edge of the circles or spaces as indicated at 10.

In practice the board 5 is either used as a parlor game or out ofdoors game. When used as a parlor game the hooks 10 are removed and the board is laid fiat upon the floor or other convenient support such as a table (not shown) and the layers, two or more of whom can play t e game, each player representing a ball team, are providedwith a rubber ring 12 of a size approximating that of the circular spaces 9 and preferabl white in color. The player slides the rub er ring 12 across the face of the board causing the latter to strike against nary Specification of i'letters Patent. Patented Apr. 18, 11922.

1921. Serial No. 457,667.

the cushion 11, the object being to cause the ring on rebound to catch upon or ring one of the circular space's 9 representing a safe or scoring play. If a point for or against the player is made a colored marker ring 13, preferably red in color, is substituted for the white ring 12, so that the Various plays may be readily followed. The player continues to throw the ring 12 until he receives three outs, ponent throws the ring. This play is continued for nine innings as in a regular game of base ball, the score at the end of each inning being chalked up on any suitable score board (not shown).

When the game is played out of doors the board is preferably placed in upright position with the hooks 10 in place and the players throw the rings 12 from an imagiline about ten feet distant therefrom. The only difference in the method of playing from that followed when the board is placed in a horizontal position is that the player instead of throwing the ring 12 against the cushion 11, throws the former directly at the hooks 10.

It will of course be understood that while the game as played with the board in an upright position is more adaptable for out of doors use, the same can be readily played indoors.

Having thus described my invention:

What I claim is:

A game apparatus comprising a rectangular board representing a base-ball field, said board being adapted to be used in either a horizontal or a vertlcal position, said board formed with a raised border on its front face, having a resilient portion at one end of the board, said field'bearing circles representing difi'erent lays, hooks associated with said circles, an a rubber ring separate from said board, whereby said ring is adapted to rebound and engage one of said circles when projected horizontally across said board against said cushion and thereby denote the play made by the player projecting the ring, said hooks being adapted to catch said ring when said board is used in a verti cal position and said ring is thrown towards said board.

In testimony whereof I afiix m 'ALVIN L.

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